well i guess it was bound to happen. my blue gt mt bike got stolen out of the basement of the apartment building. i've had it for five years, it was heavy and cheap but i'd replaced everything on it besides the frame and bar ends. it was probably only worth a couple hundred bucks but it's a couple hundred bucks i don't have. i didn't ride it much, i would of given it away if somebody i knew really wanted it.
i guess mostly i'm glad it wasn't the b'kee. it's been taking up 4.5 square feet of my tiny studio apartment. finding that missing probably would have sent me into a kicking fit trying to share my loss with of all the other bikes that weren't stolen and their owners.
what really pisses me off is that the bike theaf(sp?) lives here. the basement is locked, you've got to have a key to get in the door. they weren't quick, judging by the looks of the cable lock they left behind they spent some time on it. if i hadn't found the lock i could have almost convinced myself that i'd imagined leaving the bike down there. as it was i walked back and forth a few times... where did i leave that bike... before seeing the lock coiled around the base of the pole forced me to admit that yes, it'd been stolen.
fuck 'em. i hope they're riding on it tomorrow, they start down a big hill, some thing distracts them and they don't notice the pot hole untit the front tire's in it. the crappy shock bottoms out and they loose their balance sprawling out into a lane of equally distracted motorists.
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